ഇസ്‌ലാം അതിന്റെ ആരംഭഘട്ടത്തില്‍ ഒരു മതരാഷ്ട്രമായിരുന്നു. ചുരുങ്ങിയ സമയത്തിനുള്ളില്‍ അതൊരു സാമ്രാജ്യമായി. ആത്മീയം, രാഷ്ട്രീയം , സാംസ്കാരികം എന്നീ മൂന്നു തലങ്ങളുണ്ട് ഇസ്ലാമിന്. ഇസ്ലാമിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ തലത്തിലുള്ള ജിഹാദിനെ ആദ്യം ദുരുപയോഗം ചെയ്യാന്‍ തുടങ്ങിയത് അമേരിക്കന്‍ സാമ്രാജ്യത്വമാണ്. അഫ്ഗാനിസ്ഥാനിലെ സോഷ്യലിസ്റ്റ് ഭരണകൂടത്തിനെതിരെ പാകിസ്ഥാന്റെ ഒത്താശയോടെ തുടങ്ങിയ പ്രതിവിപ്ലവത്തെ ആഗോള ഭീകര ജിഹാദാക്കി മാറ്റിയത് സി.ഐ.എ. ആണ്. താലിബാന്‍, അല്-ഖൈദ എന്നീ ഭീകരജിഹാദ് സംഘടനകള്‍ക്ക് രൂപം കൊടുത്തത് അമേരിക്കന്‍ സാമ്രാജ്യത്വമാണ്. സോവിയറ്റ് യൂണിയനെയും സോഷ്യലിസ്റ്റ് ചേരിയേയും തകര്‍ക്കാനുള്ള കോടാലി ആയാണ് ഇസ്ലാമിസത്തെ അമേരിക്ക ഉപയോഗിച്ചത്. സോവിയറ്റ് യൂണിയന്റെ തകര്‍ച്ചയ്ക്ക് ശേഷം അമേരിക്ക ഇസ്ലാമിസത്തെ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു. ഭീകരജിഹാദിസ്ട് പ്രസ്ഥാനം അമേരിക്കയുടെ നേരെ തിരിയാന്‍ തുടങ്ങി. കാരണം ഇസ്രായേല്‍ എന്ന സിയോണിസ്റ്റ്‌ തെമ്മാടിരാഷ്ട്രം അമേരിക്കയുടെ ഒത്താശയോടെയാണ് പാലസ്തീനിലെ ജനങ്ങളെ കൂട്ടക്കൊല ചെയ്തു കൊണ്ടിരുന്നത്. പാലസ്തീന്‍ ജനത തങ്ങളുടെ വിമോജനപ്പോരാട്ടങ്ങളെ ഇസ്ലാമിന്റെ ജിഹാദായിട്ടല്ല കണ്ടിരുന്നത്‌. പാലസ്തീനില്‍ കൊല്ലപ്പെടുന്നത് മുസ്‌ലിം സഹോദരങ്ങള്‍ ആണെന്നും അതിന്റെ പേരില്‍ അമേരിക്കക്കെതിരെ ജിഹാദ് ചെയ്യാന്‍ ലോകത്തുള്ള എല്ലാ മുസ്ലിങ്ങള്‍ക്കും മതപരമായ കടമ ഉണ്ടെന്നുമാണ് ഭീകരജിഹാദ്കാരുടെ വാദം. അവരുടെ വീക്ഷണത്തില്‍ ഇപ്പോള്‍ ജിഹാദ് എന്നാല്‍ അമേരിക്കയോട് പകരം വീട്ടുക എന്നാണ്. പാലസ്തീന്‍ ജനതയെ കൊല്ലുന്നതിനു പകരം വീട്ടിയതായിരുന്നു മുവായിരം പേരുടെ മരണത്തിനിടയാക്കിയ ലോകവ്യാപാര കേന്ദ്രത്തിനെതിരെയുള്ള ആക്രമണം. അതോടെ അമേരിക്കന്‍ പ്രസിഡന്റ് ആയിരുന്ന ജോര്‍ജ് ബുഷ്‌ ഇസ്ലാമിനെതിരെ കുരിശു യുദ്ധം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. ബാരക്‌ ഒബാമ കുരിശുയുദ്ധത്തിന്റെ ഭാഷ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. അത്രയും നല്ലത്.
ആഗോള ഭീകരജിഹാദ് നടത്തുന്നത് അല്-ഖൈദ തുടങ്ങിയ സംഘടനകള്‍ ആണെങ്കിലും അതിന്റെ പ്രത്യയ ശാസ്ത്രം ജമാഅത്തെ ഇസ്ലാമി, മുസ്‌ലിം ബ്രദര്‍ഹുഡ് എന്നീ തീവ്രവാദി സന്ഘടനകളുടെതാണ്. ലോകത്തെമ്പാടുമുള്ള മുസ്ലിങ്ങള്‍ തീവ്രവാദി സംഘടനകളുടെ പ്രത്യയ ശാസ്ത്രം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു സാമ്രാജ്യത്വത്തിനെതിരെ പോരാടുന്ന പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളോട് ചേരുകയാണ് വേണ്ടത്. മറ്റൊരു വിധത്തില്‍ പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ ഭീകര ജിഹാദ് ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു വിമോചനജിഹാദിന്റെ മാര്‍ഗം സ്വീകരിക്കണം. മുസ്ലിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക്‌ ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികളുടെ വിമോചനദൈവശാസ്ത്രത്തില്‍ നിന്നും ചിലത് പഠിക്കാനുണ്ട്. ഇന്ത്യയിലെ മുസ്ലിങ്ങളുടെ കാര്യം അടുത്ത പോസ്റ്റില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കാം.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
STORY OF ADBUL RAHIMAN THE MURTHADDH
On the 28th of March 2006, Tuesday, I saw in BBC WORLD the news of release of one Abdul Rahiman from the Afghan jail. I followed the story in the website of BBC. "Abdul Rahman was charged with rejecting Islam but his case was dismissed after he was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, officials said."
Abdul Rahman converted to Christianity some 18 years back. He was imprisoned, tried and sentenced to death. The BBC news published opinions of Islamic scholars who argued that there is no Qur'anic verse or reliable Hadith (Tradition) prescribing death to those Muslims who left Islamic Faith and embraced some other faith or became atheists. But the fact remains that the Shari'a court in Ahghanistan sentenced a person who converted from Islam to Christianity to death. Thanks to the intervention of NATO which now occupies Afghanistan, the Christian convert was set free from the gallows on the plea of insanity. But many hundreds of thousands of believers rallied to protest his release. Even if all the news channels of the world and print media brought forth opinions of Islamic scholars who are moderate against the death sentence, a murthadd (a Muslim who relinquishes Islamic faith) would be sentenced to death. A person who caricatures or draws or describes Prophet, if such a piece is interpreted as derogatory, the person who produced it will be sentenced to death. Prophet Muhammad himself, after the bloodless conquest of Mecca, put to death a poet who ridiculed the Messenger of Allah through verses, and thus death to those who ridicule the Prophet became the rule.
If the Muslims want to change, the believers have to get rid of the tribal culture of the Arabian Peninsula of the 7th Century. They have to take a stand that whatever Prophet Muhammad said and did was in the historical context. They can of course believe that Muhammad was really the Messenger of Allah, the Almighty. But one has to accept the historical fact that the Prophet lived in the last quarter of the sixth and the first quarter of the 7th Century of Common Era. His deeds and sayings have to be taken into consideration in the historical context. Unless and until the Muslims take this stand they cannot come out of the 7th Century's tribal culture.
Abdul Rahman converted to Christianity some 18 years back. He was imprisoned, tried and sentenced to death. The BBC news published opinions of Islamic scholars who argued that there is no Qur'anic verse or reliable Hadith (Tradition) prescribing death to those Muslims who left Islamic Faith and embraced some other faith or became atheists. But the fact remains that the Shari'a court in Ahghanistan sentenced a person who converted from Islam to Christianity to death. Thanks to the intervention of NATO which now occupies Afghanistan, the Christian convert was set free from the gallows on the plea of insanity. But many hundreds of thousands of believers rallied to protest his release. Even if all the news channels of the world and print media brought forth opinions of Islamic scholars who are moderate against the death sentence, a murthadd (a Muslim who relinquishes Islamic faith) would be sentenced to death. A person who caricatures or draws or describes Prophet, if such a piece is interpreted as derogatory, the person who produced it will be sentenced to death. Prophet Muhammad himself, after the bloodless conquest of Mecca, put to death a poet who ridiculed the Messenger of Allah through verses, and thus death to those who ridicule the Prophet became the rule.
If the Muslims want to change, the believers have to get rid of the tribal culture of the Arabian Peninsula of the 7th Century. They have to take a stand that whatever Prophet Muhammad said and did was in the historical context. They can of course believe that Muhammad was really the Messenger of Allah, the Almighty. But one has to accept the historical fact that the Prophet lived in the last quarter of the sixth and the first quarter of the 7th Century of Common Era. His deeds and sayings have to be taken into consideration in the historical context. Unless and until the Muslims take this stand they cannot come out of the 7th Century's tribal culture.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
HIDDEN AGENDA OF ASIANET NEWS
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kerala police was set up to investigate the clandestine activities of terrorists in Kerala State. The SIT grilled Mr. Abdal Nasar Ma'dani and his wife Ms. Soofiya Ma'dani for two long days some weeks ago. The interrogation was initiated to find out whether there was any truth in the scandal raised against Ms. Soofiya Ma'dani by Asianet News, the Television channel owned by the media giant Mr. Rupert Murdoch. The scandal started just after Mr. Ma'dany and his Peoples' Democratic Party decided to support the Left Democratic Front in Kerala in the Parliament election.
Even after the lapse of some weeks following the interrogation, no action is taken against the couple by the SIT. The media men who indulge in the so-called investigative journalism are still lurking in the dark or keeping silence. Any person with COMMONSENSE will infer that there is no case against Ms. Soofiya Ma'dani, nor against Mr. Ma'dani. Had there been any case SIT would have taken them into custody.
Another inference of commonsense is that the 'exclusive' telecast by the Asianet News showing 'evidences' of terrorist connections of Ms. Soofiya Ma'dani was blatant lie. The channel relentlessly repeated this lie not only tarnishing the fair name of a pious Muslim woman but also with the malicious intention of demonizing her.
This is not an example of yellow journalism but of media terrorism. And what was the aim of propagating such lies against a Muslim lady? Was it to help the pro-American United Democratic Front in the Parliament election? Yes; that was only an apparent objective.
There was a hidden agenda. It was to help the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, the Hidutwa Fascist organization. If it is established by the news channel that even the Muslim women in Kerala are having connections with the terrorist organizations the RSS gets some mileage in their anti-Muslim propaganda.
Some media men (not true journalists) in Asianet News and some in the higher echelons of the channel have strong links with the RSS.
Even after the lapse of some weeks following the interrogation, no action is taken against the couple by the SIT. The media men who indulge in the so-called investigative journalism are still lurking in the dark or keeping silence. Any person with COMMONSENSE will infer that there is no case against Ms. Soofiya Ma'dani, nor against Mr. Ma'dani. Had there been any case SIT would have taken them into custody.
Another inference of commonsense is that the 'exclusive' telecast by the Asianet News showing 'evidences' of terrorist connections of Ms. Soofiya Ma'dani was blatant lie. The channel relentlessly repeated this lie not only tarnishing the fair name of a pious Muslim woman but also with the malicious intention of demonizing her.
This is not an example of yellow journalism but of media terrorism. And what was the aim of propagating such lies against a Muslim lady? Was it to help the pro-American United Democratic Front in the Parliament election? Yes; that was only an apparent objective.
There was a hidden agenda. It was to help the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, the Hidutwa Fascist organization. If it is established by the news channel that even the Muslim women in Kerala are having connections with the terrorist organizations the RSS gets some mileage in their anti-Muslim propaganda.
Some media men (not true journalists) in Asianet News and some in the higher echelons of the channel have strong links with the RSS.
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